Director, Commercial Strategy and Medical Innovation

Foundation Medicine

8d•$177,800 - $222,300•Onsite

About The Position

The Director, Commercial Strategy and Medical Innovation helps develop a long-term strategic roadmap focused on medical breakthrough science and technology that addresses unmet needs in precision medicine, particularly in cardiometabolic, neurodegenerative, and autoimmune diseases. Working cross-functionally with senior leaders in Medical, R&D, Corporate Development, Product Strategy, and Operations, the role helps define future patient journeys and medical needs, then develops high-priority opportunities into business cases that inform Product Strategy decisions and support commercial revenue across biopharma and clinical business units while maintaining a Roche portfolio mindset. The position works across the Foundation Medicine and Roche ecosystems and with biopharma, diagnostic, and academic partners to identify unmet needs, develop disease maps, and evaluate new technology and product opportunities. Travel to conferences, congresses, commercial partners, and Roche is required, with travel of up to 15% of the time. The role must comply with FMI attendance policies and reflect FMI’s values of Integrity, Courage, and Passion. The expected salary range for the primary location of Boston, Massachusetts, is $177,800–$222,300 per year. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance. The position qualifies for Foundation Medicine benefits.

Requirements

PhD in a relevant scientific discipline.
At least 7 years of experience in product, strategic management, or a similar field in pharma, diagnostics, or health technology.
Ability to travel up to 15% of the time.
Understanding of HIPAA and the importance of patient data privacy.
Commitment to reflect FMI’s values: Integrity, Courage, and Passion.

Nice To Haves

Experience in therapeutics and diagnostics in cardiometabolic, neurodegenerative, and/or autoimmune disease areas.
Product management or marketing experience.
Experience working in dynamic, growing teams, with demonstrated ability to operate and deliver in a fast-paced environment and amid ambiguity.
Working knowledge of drug development and commercialization.
Deep knowledge of genomics and next-generation sequencing and their role in precision medicine.
Ability to translate customer and market needs into product technical and strategic requirements and develop compelling new perspectives on existing solutions.
Ability to develop business cases for new opportunities.
Effective communication skills, including the ability to influence cross-functionally and without authority and present to executive leadership.
Strong business acumen, analytical thinking, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

Maintain state-of-the-art knowledge of evolving precision medicine science, emerging diagnostic technologies, clinical unmet needs, and new therapeutic modalities.
Develop deep, collaborative partnerships with biopharma, diagnostic, and academic partners.
Translate unmet needs into basic market requirements and market requirements into high-level product requirements.
Build business cases for Product Strategy evaluation, including market segmentation analysis and financial assessments such as TAM, SAM, and ROI.
Identify technology solutions that fulfill key unmet needs.
Work cross-functionally across the Roche ecosystem, including Roche Tissue, Roche Information Solutions, pRED, and gRED.
Travel to conferences, congresses, commercial partners, and Roche.
Work across the Foundation Medicine ecosystem with R&D, Product, Commercial, Medical, Pathology, and Corporate Development partners to identify unmet needs and build disease maps in prioritized areas.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Comply with FMI’s attendance policies.